GRM WORKSHOPS

Studies on nation building in the Gulf states examine the ways in which societies across the Gulf have been mobilizing the idea of national belonging and formulating a khaleeji identity (Alsharekh and Springborg 2012; McKeown, Haji, and Ferguson 2016). Th ... read more

Up to the end of the last century “Eurasia” was little more than a geographic concept, with little political significance and little real content in terms of connectivity, cooperation and exchange. Now the situation is radically different. At a rate w ... read more

Religious linkages, anti-piracy cooperation, and investments in vast swathes of fertile agricultural land have long been the primarily bases for Gulf State engagement in sub-Sahara Africa. After the Arab Uprisings when Gulf petrodollars were channeled to ... read more

Arab Gulf countries have a long and complex relationship with Iraq, which borders Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. In the backdrop of the announced military defeat of ISIS in Iraq, the country is scheduled to hold elections in 2018 which could significantly influ ... read more

An era of exceptionally fast population growth and migration in the Arab Gulf States may well be ending. Extremely fast population growth in the Gulf has been generated by two factors: rapid natural increase of national populations and unmatched rates of ... read more

The aim of this workshop is to help establish an evidence base that can be used to develop contextually relevant language policies for the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. Research on Language Policy and Planning (LP&P) explores ways in which lan ... read more

The banking and financial landscape in the last decade have been inundated with ‘techs’. FinTech, InsurTech and RegTech are just some of the new buzzwords. Close to 80% of Fintech investments happen in the US, while it is growing rapidly in Europe, As ... read more

In the crisis-ridden Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region the contemporary situation, created as a result of the “Arab spring” as well as the Syrian and Iraqi crises, is approaching a new phase. The issue of the future socio-political structure ... read more

We constantly use the concept of economic sustainability and link it to diversification, but the meaning of both is not clearly defined. What is the meaning of economic sustainability? As technology and the availability of goods and services constantly ev ... read more